Australian Boys Are Falling Behind in School NAPLAN Results Reveal

Australian Boys Are Falling Behind in School NAPLAN Results Reveal
Parents collect children at St Charle's Primary School at Waverley in Sydney, Australia, June 22, 2021.AAP Image/Joel Carrett
Rebecca Zhu
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Boys are falling behind girls in every category of literacy and numeracy at every school level, according to the 2021 NAPLAN results.

The worst performing category overall was in Year 9 writing, with one-in-five boys (23.4 percent) failing to meet the minimum national standards (band 6), compared to the one-in-ten of girls (11.9 percent).